Clara Sánchez Sala
“Writing is trying to know what we would write if we wrote”
Marguerite Duras, Écrire, Gallimard, 1993
As an echo of the artistic practice of Clara Sánchez Sala, this quote by Marguerite Duras accompanies her entire production to date. If for Duras writing is an intention, for Sánchez, the act of creating is an attempt that takes place in the impossible meeting of past and present.
The artist constantly remembers and measures her favorite trips, the time that elapses between autobiographical events and history. From this poetics of intimacy, she not only recreates her personal history, but also plays with temporal imbalances to awaken a feeling of estrangement from her personal environment.
Clara’s works are indications that point to the heuristic effect of distance. The artist thus places the viewer in the archaeologist’s situation, seeing the pieces as riddles that she cannot directly identify. Sánchez regularly uses this distancing process to question what is seen and what is known, and thus underline the idea of impermanence and incompleteness.
She has participated in exhibitions at the Museum of Abstract Art in Cuenca, Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Fundación MARSO, Fundación Otazu, La Laboral, EACC, and Centro Cultural Conde Duque.
Her work is part of collections such as the Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Colección DKV, Kells Collection, and Fundación Otazu, among others.
Clara Sánchez Sala – Portfolio 2026
Clara Sánchez Sala
Nel bronzo è impulso
2026
Bronze and rose
30 x 15 x 10 cm
Exhibition: NF/NIEVES FERNANDEZ at ARCO 2026
Clara Sánchez Sala
Un velo davanti algli occhi (Luini)
2025
Makeup on silk
95 x 95 x 4 cm
Exhibition: 2025 – Clara Sánchez Sala. From Ivory to Liver-Tone. NF/NIEVES FERNANDEZ
Clara Sánchez Sala
Ofelia II
2022
Estampación botánica sobre algodón
78,5 x 87 cm
Exhibition: 2022 – Clara Sánchez Sala. Noli Me Tangere. VARIATION. Galerie Sator, Paris
Clara Sánchez Sala
Desnudar-vestir
2021
Porcelana y escayola
Medidas variables
Exhibition: 2021- Clara Sánchez Sala. Templo-Pladur. Interludio. NF/NIEVES FERNANDEZ
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